Groff
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Groff is an anglicized form of the surname ‘Graf’ or ‘Graff’ and of predominantly Swiss and sometimes German origin.
Groff may also refer to:
[edit] Aristocratic ranks
- A graf is a German noble title equal in rank to a count
- The noble crown of a graf the grafenkrone is characterized by nine pointed spires
[edit] People
- Groff family
- Swamp John Groff (1715–1777), a large landowner in Martick/Providence township in Pennsylvania
- Jacob Groff (1751–1824), a notable Revolutionary War soldier in the state of Pennsylvania
- Charles Wister Groff (1898–1987), a renowned southern California real estate developer and philanthropist
- Ulysses Grant Groff (1865–1950), a large landowner and philanthropist who lived in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts
- David W. Groff, a renowned American senior health physicist
- Jacob Groff, a famous Mennonite bishop among the founders of the early church in Canada in the early 1800s
[edit] Places
- Groff's Dale, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Groff (software), a typesetting computer program
- Groff, a variety of lychee fruit tree
[edit] See also
- Grof disambiguation page